People Who Are Infected With Hiv

Dr. Bob, what do you think of this? Is it possible they all got it from unsterile colonoscopy equipment, or were they just 3 people with HIV who just happened to get diagnosed after testing? ---------------------By BILL POOVEY, Associated Press...

Hi,As it says in the article, so far there is no way to prove patients were exposed to the viruses at the VA. However, it is worrisome that recommended universal precautions and sterilization procedures were not being followed! I agree the VA must...
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...systems are generally ill equipped to cope with HIV infection. In 2001 in the United States, more than 55 percent of the 900,000 people infected with HIV received antiretroviral therapy. Of the 28 million HIV-infected people in sub-Saharan...
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... Ministry of Health statistics reported Monday in Hanoi indicate that Vietnam has logged a total of 132,249 HIV cases and almost 40,000 AIDS-related deaths. The data were presented at the opening of the 16th Meeting of the Association of
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...Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa, and colleagues examined 1,399 HIV-positive people residing in Cape Town who had no access to antiretroviral drugs or who were receiving zidovudine only and...
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...Does anyone know the URL for the mailing list/message board for people who have been infected wih HIV for more than 1 year, yet still test negative via ELISA. For those of us who still have residual
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...And for anyone interested. Its my first post. Great site, helping probably millions of people. Wonderful work! This is maybe not the right place to do this but still: There seem to be the rather frequent occasion of
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